If there’s one thing lawmakers around the world lack, it’s self-control.

Legislating self-control

Soda bans reflect troubling decline in individual responsibility

Greece, Spain and France have spent themselves into bankruptcy. California is struggling with a $15.7 billion deficit and our nation with $15.7 trillion in debt. Instead of dealing with the weighty problems of their own creation, public officials focus on a weight problem that is none of their concern. Thus, we have crusades against soda pop.

Henrietta Davis, mayor of Cambridge, Mass., introduced a resolution Monday that seeks to have her town outlaw “soda and sugar-sweetened beverages in restaurants.” Her inspiration is New York City MayorMichael R. Bloomberg, who this month renewed his push to force restaurants to limit the size of a Coke or Pepsi to 16 ounces or be hit with a $200 fine.

Read more: The Washington Times